INTRO: [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D]
Come [G]all you wild and wicked youths wher[D]ever you may be
I [G]pray you give attention and [D]listen unto me
I [C]was brought up in Warwickshire, my [D]parents raised me [G]well
My [D]name it is young [Am]Henry,[G] a [C]tale to you I'll [D]tell
[G]I and five more went one night to [D]Squire Dunhill's park
All [G]hoping we could get some game, the [D]night it did prove dark
But [C]to our great misfortune, we [D]were trepanned with [G]speed
And [D]sent away to [Am]Warwick gaol,[G] which [C]caused my heart to [D]bleed
It was [G]at the March assizes, to the [D]bar we did repair
Like [G]Job we stood with patience to [D]hear our sentence there
Being [C]caught with old offenders, our [D]case it did go [G]hard
My [D]sentence was for [Am]fourteen [G]years, I was [C]quickly sent on [D]board
INSTRUMENTAL: [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D]
The [G]ship that bore us from the land, the [D]Speedwell was her name
For [G]full five months and upwards, oh, we [D]ploughed the raging Main
No [C]land, no harbour did we see, be[D]lieve me it's no [G]lie
A[D]round us swamp black [Am]water[G] , a[C]bove is wan blue [D]sky
The [G]very day we landed u[D]pon the fateful shore
The [G]ranchers they stood 'round us, oh, [D]twenty score or more
They [C]ranked us up like horses and they [D]sold us out of [G]hand
And [D]yoked us to the [Am]plough right the[G]re, u[C]pon Van Diemen's [D]Land
INSTRUMENTAL: [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D]
It's [G]often when I sleep at night and [D]have a pleasant dream
My [G]pretty girl, I rove abroad, through [D]field and sparkling stream
Yes, in [C]England I've been robbed of [D]her at my right [G]hand
But I [D]wake up broken [Am]hearted here[G] , u[C]pon Van Diemen's [D]Land
And al[G]though the poor of England [D]pay their end in toil
[G]Robbed of every consequence, [D]produce of the soil
Their [C]proud, imperious landlord, if [D]you paid rent and [G]then
[D]Sent you off on [Am]British hulks[G] to [C]foul Van Diemen's [D]Land
OUTRO: [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [C] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D] [G]
Ohhhh
Come [G]all you wild and wicked youths wher[D]ever you may be
I [G]pray you give attention and [D]listen unto me
I [C]was brought up in Warwickshire, my [D]parents raised me [G]well
My [D]name it is young [Am]Henry,[G] a [C]tale to you I'll [D]tell
[G]I and five more went one night to [D]Squire Dunhill's park
All [G]hoping we could get some game, the [D]night it did prove dark
But [C]to our great misfortune, we [D]were trepanned with [G]speed
And [D]sent away to [Am]Warwick gaol,[G] which [C]caused my heart to [D]bleed
It was [G]at the March assizes, to the [D]bar we did repair
Like [G]Job we stood with patience to [D]hear our sentence there
Being [C]caught with old offenders, our [D]case it did go [G]hard
My [D]sentence was for [Am]fourteen [G]years, I was [C]quickly sent on [D]board
INSTRUMENTAL: [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D]
The [G]ship that bore us from the land, the [D]Speedwell was her name
For [G]full five months and upwards, oh, we [D]ploughed the raging Main
No [C]land, no harbour did we see, be[D]lieve me it's no [G]lie
A[D]round us swamp black [Am]water[G] , a[C]bove is wan blue [D]sky
The [G]very day we landed u[D]pon the fateful shore
The [G]ranchers they stood 'round us, oh, [D]twenty score or more
They [C]ranked us up like horses and they [D]sold us out of [G]hand
And [D]yoked us to the [Am]plough right the[G]re, u[C]pon Van Diemen's [D]Land
INSTRUMENTAL: [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D]
It's [G]often when I sleep at night and [D]have a pleasant dream
My [G]pretty girl, I rove abroad, through [D]field and sparkling stream
Yes, in [C]England I've been robbed of [D]her at my right [G]hand
But I [D]wake up broken [Am]hearted here[G] , u[C]pon Van Diemen's [D]Land
And al[G]though the poor of England [D]pay their end in toil
[G]Robbed of every consequence, [D]produce of the soil
Their [C]proud, imperious landlord, if [D]you paid rent and [G]then
[D]Sent you off on [Am]British hulks[G] to [C]foul Van Diemen's [D]Land
OUTRO: [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [C] [D] [Am] [G] [C] [D] [G]
Ohhhh
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